Bullet storm was one of the first games I downloaded to my PS3 as part of the PS Plus instant game collection. It had been sitting on the XMB looking at me for 5 months before I finally decided to give it a whirl.

I'd played the demo on the 360 when the game first came out and hadn't enjoyed it. I didn't really get what was going on and the score attack nature of the gameplay left me a little cold - I should point out at the time I was heavily into CoD multiplayer so People Can Fly's variation on the FPS genre jarred a little & as such the title was quickly dismissed.

Fast forward two years though and, after expanding my gaming pallate via PS Plus and rediscovering a love for single player narrative as opposed to endless online multiplayer CoD games, I was ready to try Bullet storm again with fresh, and dare I say it, better educated eyes:

In a recent post, I said I was done with "bro shooters" and, as the video above says, at first glance Bullet storm does indeed look like one of the Bro-est of the Bro shooters out there, but a couple of things hit me as I was playing it which allowed me to look past its foul mouthed dumb exterior and learn to appreciate the game play & how it was presented.

In writing these blog posts I've come to realise just how much of a fan of in game music I am, and this game has a really nice score, it's all choirs and big orchestras - even better, EA have relesed it online for free - you can grab your copy here.

Also the colour palate of the game was reminiscent of Far Cry 3 and the Uncharted titles, one of my pet hates from this generation is grey/brown games - anything which features plant life and blue skies always makes me smile so I was pleasantly surprised by BulletStorm, which is set on a holiday resort planet and the backdrop provides a stark contrast to the uber violence which plays out during the course of the game.

My only real gripe with the title was that the main character, Grayson Hunt, reminded me of Hugh Jackman's wolverene - which in itself is better than the usual bald/bandaa wearing space marine (Marcus Fenix I'm looking at you) - but every time I saw Mr Hunt I wanted him to have adamantium claws protruding from his hands which he could then use to dismember enemies.

So yeah... I enjoyed Bulletstorm - I liked finding new skill shots and the way it's integrated into the story is a nice touch and I also think that every game should feature at least one level where you get to remote control a giant mechanical Rancor called Waggleton P Tallylicker...